Books About Books 1. (Anderson, Alexander) Lossing, Benson. J. A MEMORIAL OF ALEXANDER ANDERSON, M.D., THE FIRST ENGRAVER OF WOOD IN AMERICA. READ BEFORE THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OCT. 5, 1870. New York: Printed for the Subscribers, 1872, small 4to., contemporary half-red morocco, spine gilt, five raised bands, top edge gilt. Portrait frontispiece; (vi), 107 pages. $ 460.00 First edition. With 38 plates and other illustrations in text. A scarce and interesting work, well illustrated with examples of Anderson’s ouevre. Bewick was avowedly a seminal influence and several of the plates show Anderson’s engravings after Bewick. An Appendix contains an autobiographical sketch of Anderson (1775–1869) written in 1848 at the age of 73. Blank top portion of half-title excised, appendix a little spotted. [80863] 2. Andrews, William Loring. ENGLISH XIX CENTURY SPORTSMAN BIBLIO- POLE AND BINDER OF ANGLING BOOKS. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1906, 8vo., paper-covered boards. xviii, 60, (10) pages. $ 450.00 First edition, limited to 157 copies. (Mejer 644; Brenni 865). With 17 illustrations including an engraved title page by S.L. Smith. On Thomas Gosden and with a reprint of the Gosden catalogue. Covers show wear at spine ends. Spotting along inner hinges as usual. With the bookplate of the noted collector, Roderick Terry. [89404] one of 27 on imperial japan paper 3. Andrews, William Loring. HEAVENLY JERUSALEM, A MEDIAEVAL SONG OF THE JOYS OF THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT, WITH ANNOTATIONS BY WILLIAM LORING ANDREWS. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1908, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers, top edge gilt, stiff paper chemise, slipcase. xxviii, 78, (2) pages. $ 385.00 First edition, limited to 152 copies of which this is one of the 27 copies to be printed on “Imperial Japan Paper.” With engravings by Sidney L. Smith and other illustrations, rubricated initials and an illuminated copy of a page from a 15th-century musical manuscript. Chemise has spine missing. Book is in very fine condition. [55196] signed and inscribed first edition by william saroyan 4. (Archetype Press) Saroyan, William. A NATIVE AMERICAN. San Francisco: George Fields, 1938, 8vo., decorated cloth. (xiv), 80, (4) pages. $ 300.00 Printed in an edition limited to 450 copies by Wilder and Ellen Bentley at the Archetype Press (see Haas, page 24 for more detail about the press), of Berkeley, California. Includes eight illustrations by “Hans” (believed to be Hans Loyd Hoff), and additional illustrations stamped on the front and back covers. Each copy signed by William Saroyan. In addition, this copy is inscribed on a blank page, “For Mrs. L.A. Bassana, with the sincere hope that these little American fables will be pleasing to her. William Saroyan. S.F. Feb. 1939.” Ahearn Collected Books, p.495. [45006] [ 1 ] 5. (Arion Press) Canetti, Elias. THE VOICES OF MARRAKESH. A record of a visit. San Francisco: Arion Press, 2001, 4to., quarter cloth, pictorial paper-covered boards, stiff paper portfolio with paper spine label and illustration on the front. (vi), 123+(1) pages. $ 500.00 The edition is limited to 350 copies. Translated from the German by J.A. Underwood with photographs by Karl Bissinger, etchings by William T. Wiley and an Afterword by Ferdinand Protzman. One color photograph which is the frontispiece, 28 in black-and-white, and six etchings with an underlying map of the city in 1953. One of the photographs is signed, as well as one of the etchings. The book was designed and produced by Andrew Hoyem. The type is Goudy Old Style, in Monotype and hand composition, with swash letters in the italic used for display. The paper is Mohawk Superfine for the text and photographs, Rives Lightweight for the etchings, and Fabriano Ingres for the leaves mounted with the prints. Light wear to paper portfolio. [90700] 6. (Arion Press) Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria. THE ALIENIST. San Fran- cisco: Arion Press, 1998, oblong 4to., cloth, paper labels on front and rear boards and spine, front and rear pastedowns, slip case. (iv), 55,(3) pages. $ 425.00 Limited to an edition of 250 for sale. Signed by Carroll Dunham, the illustrator, on the limitation page. Translated from the Portuguese with an afterword by Alfred MacAdam. The book was designed and produced under the direction of Andrew Hoyem. The types are Gill Sans Medium and Bold, composed in Monotype and Gill Sans Cameo Rules for initials and display, handset. The type and photopolymer plates for the illustrations were printed letterpress on German mould-made Bugra papers. There are a few small soiled spots on the slip case. [90604] 7. (Arion Press) Williams, William Carlos. KORA IN HELL. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1998, square 4to., black goatskin spine with title stamped in red, with boards covered with laser-cut veneer replicas of woodblocks by Kendrick, inked in black. 106, with 21 leaves of prints. $ 450.00 Printed in an edition limited to 300 numbered copies. A book of prose-poetry written in 1917 by Carlos Williams, who is known as one of the most important poets of the 20th century. In this book he reflects on daily events over the course of a year, such as his readings, his thoughts and his observations. An essay in which Williams explains himself as a figure within the modern movement has been added as a prologue. It is illustrated with twenty-one images from three series of woodblock prints, each involving seven separate blocks in the form of long vertical sheets that can be rolled up like scrolls, which have been separated and each occupy the recto page of a leaf in the book, with pages of text in between. The three long woodblock prints as originally conceived by Kendrick in the scroll format are published along with the book. The types are Stymie bold for the text and Franklin gothic for display, in Monotype and hand composition. The paper is German mouldmade Zerkall. [60904] 8. Asimov, Isaac. 3 BY ASIMOV. Three Science Fiction Tales. New York: Targ Edi- tions, 1981, 4to., Belgian linen, paper label on cover, dust jacket. (iv), 18, (4) pages. $ 300.00 Limited to 250 copies signed by the author. The first edition of three science fiction short stories by Asimov, born of the musings of an Algonquin meeting. Illustrations on the half-title and title pages as well as throughout the book. Designed and printed by hand at the Grenfell Press on J. Barcham Greene’s hand-made Cambersand, using Bembo Monotype by the Stinehour Press. Hand-bound in Belgian linen with attractive, hand-made paper dust jacket. Typed invoice and personal letter from Targ Editions’ William Targ addressed to Doris Grumbach. Very slight shelf wear. [96901] [ 2 ] 9. (Barbarian Press) Clough, Arthur Hugh. AMOURS DE VOYAGE. An Epistolary Novella in Verse. (Mission BC): Barbarian Press, 2007, 8vo., quarter cloth, illustrated paper-covered boards. (viii), 78,(2) pages. $ 395.00 Limited to an edition of 125 copies. Edited by Patrick Scott with an afterword by Crispin Elsted. Illustrated with wood engravings by Abigail Rorer, which were printed from the blocks. We hear the written voices of various tourists, who are intertwined socially, as they discover Italy during Garibaldi’s bid for Rome. The text is set in 12pt Van Dijck and printed on Zerkall Soft White Wove. Design, typography and cover drawing are by Crispin Elsted. Jan Elsted printed the edition. It won a Judge’s Award at the Oxford Book Fair 2007. [96580] 10. (Berthelot, Marcelin) CENTENAIRE DE Item 9 MARCELIN BERTHELOT. Paris: (Imprimerie de Vaugirard), 1929, folio, full leather, spine stamped in gilt with inset profile por- trait in relief on cover, all edges speckled, slipcase with protective board. vii, 709+(1) pages with additional leaves of illustrations. $ 300.00 Produced after a symposium commemorating the centennial of Marcelin Berthelot’s birth. Berthelot (1827–1907) was a French scientist who made landmark contributions to synthetic organic chemistry. Includes a biographical essay, a comprehensive bibliography of Berthelot’s publications, tributes from his colleagues, and lists of symposium attendees. Notices of praise for the chemist from an international assortment of universities and research institutions are reprinted, some in color. Marbled endpapers. Well-illustrated with black-and-white photographs and facsimiles of Berthelot’s notes. A few subtle scratches/marks on the covers; slipcover shows much wear, rubbing. Magnificent production. [73975] Item 10 [ 3 ] 11. Bertrand, Jean. JEAN BERTRAND. BIBLIOTHÈQUE. AUTEURS PAR OR- DER ALPHABETIQUE.[From spine labels:]. N.P.: n.p., n.d., Book box, labeled as noted above (3320 x 255 mm), hinged on front joint, clasps, full calf over oak boards, two leather spine labels. $ 450.00 Book box that, when opened, reveals four green paper-lined sections for catalogue cards (each 42 x 75mm), each section held in place by solid barriers with moveable lettered divisions. A charming and unusual private library catalogue containing a few hundred records in two alphabetically listed columns, with the two further columns filled with blank cards. Many of the card entries are pasted clippings from booksellers’ catalogues, some as late as the 1920s. In some cases the clippings are pasted onto the verso of what appear to be earlier ink entries, giving the impression that the catalogue was used over many years. The books described make for a pretty miscellaneous lot of information that do not indicate any particular proclivity of the owner. There are, however, two card entries under Bertrand (Jean) for the Compte-rendu de la Session de Congrès central d’Agriculture for the years 1846 and 1847 respectively. Covers quite bashed with some loss of leather, with some worm drill holes, but all perfectly sound and the wear (arguably) enhances the distressed antique look.